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Housing Specialist - (Families Coming Home Together - SV)

Adult Services | Sun Valley, CA | Full Time

Job Description

About Us:

Volunteers of America of Greater Los Angeles is a large, national not-for-profit organization founded in 1896. We provide a variety of social services to Los Angeles area communities such as Head Start programs, Upward Bound college prep programs, veterans’ services, homeless shelters, low-income housing program as well as drug and alcohol rehabilitation. Learn more at www.voala.org.

Responsibilities:

Identifies and locates housing options suitable for households as needed

Develops support systems to meet individual's needs; coordinates and facilitates move-in activities, rental negotiations, and service referrals as required

Responsible for creating and maintaining a housing database linking tenants to apartments

Communicates with landlords and familiarize them with the program and community resources to assist both tenants and landlords in the event of potential problems leading to eviction

Will coordinate follow-through services with case management team and conduct habitability and lead based paint inspections as requested

As a member of the program case management team, will provide information referrals, crisis intervention, and assistance with permanent housing placement to all participants and Case Managers

Provide outreach and engagement services to the literally homeless in the community, while specifically targeting the chronically homeless population

Additional Preferred:

Volunteers of America is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law

This employer participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form 1-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.

If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, this employer is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact Department of Homeland Security (OHS) or Social Security Administration (SSA) so you can begin to resolve the issue before the employer can take any action against you, including terminating your employment.